Lead Consultant Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Lead Consultant
South East > Berkshire

The median Lead Consultant daily rate in Berkshire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 107 111
Rank change year-on-year +9 +4 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 1 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.082% 0.43% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.47% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £746 -
25th Percentile £463 £778 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £802 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.77% - -
75th Percentile £488 £810 -
90th Percentile - £820 -
South East median daily rate £475 £802 £650
% change year-on-year -40.77% +23.38% +44.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,107 1,491 1,661
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 90.91% 94.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 723 796 1,049
10th Percentile £300 £306 £250
25th Percentile £406 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £541 £520
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +4.09% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £508
% change year-on-year -0.99% -0.49% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 66 66
10th Percentile £14.75 £28.96 £21.13
25th Percentile £17.69 £55.78 £48.40
Median hourly rate £34.80 £61.55 £61.52
Median % change year-on-year -43.47% +0.04% +23.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.02 £73.59
90th Percentile £86.53 £98.75 £76.55
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £59.25 £52.00
% change year-on-year -59.49% +13.93% +100.00%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Lead Consultant job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in Berkshire

Lead Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in Berkshire

Lead Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Consultant within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 11 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Slough +2 1 £475 -36.67% 2
Lead Consultant
South East

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, Lead Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) BAPI
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Basis
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) SAP HANA
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (100.00%) SAP MDG
1 1 (100.00%) IDoc
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP MDG
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) BAPI
1 1 (100.00%) IDoc
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Basis
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP